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Friday, January 31, 2014

Terriers are in Amherst for their second and final
regular-season matchup with Massachusetts. BU defeated the Minutemen, 3-1 in
its regular-season opener at Agganis Arena in October.Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast
nationally on NBC Sports Network.

UMass is led by Senior Colin Sheary (20 points). Steven
Iacobellis and Branden Gracel are the top goal-scorers with 10 apiece. Junior
goalie Steve Mastalerz has a 2.66 GAA for the 7-16-3 Minutemen.

BU, still seeking its first road win, will be bolstered by
the improved health of junior Evan Rodrigues and sophomore Ahti Oksanen (photo).
Freshman Robbie Baillargeon and Oksanen are the Terrier point leaders with 18
while Danny O’Regan, who scored in each of last weekend’s games tops the
goal-scorers with eight.

Sophomore Matt O’Connor will get the start in goal tonight
for BU. Check back later for the Terrier lineup

Coming out of the Alberta Jr. A League, Hickey is a
smooth-skating defenseman with the Spruce Grove Saints on track to join B.U.
next year. A good bet to go in the second or third round of the NHL draft this
summer, Hickey plays a calm game and has a nice offensive upside to his game.

Might there be another Saint in BU’s future? An item in the Wisconsin
State Journal reports that highly regarded Spruce Grove forward Cameron
Hughes, whom the Badgers and Michigan State also are recruiting, has a visit to
BU scheduled.

Looking back

Former BU captain Jay Pandolfo officially retired from professional hockey after 15 NHL seasons. An All-American, Hockey East Player of the Year and Hobey Baker Award finalist as a senior, Pandolfo scored 79 goals--tied for 9th in BU history with John
Danby, Ed Lowney, Shawn McEachern-- and is #11 in points with 169. He helped BU reach the NCAA Final Four all four years and played in two national championship games, 1994 and 1995. He spent most of his professional career with New Jersey, playing a defensive role in two Stanley Cup championships, and finished up with his hometown Boston Bruins.

Former Terrier KenRausch, a member of the 1995
national championship team tweeted: "With Jay Pandolfo retiring, there are
no former college teammates of mine still playing. We are officially old!"

While nearly every member of that team went on to play at
some professional level, onlyseven,
including Pandolfo, reached the NHL. Who are the other six ? Leave your answers as a comment.

That 1994-95 squad was the final Team to win the Beanpot and Hockey East in the old
Boston Garden. In the HE title game, BU edged
Providence, 3-2. Rausch scored the Terriers’ first goal and Mike Grier the second.
Who scored the game-winner and final college hockey goal at Boston Garden? Again, put your answer in comments.

With the Beanpot beginning on Monday, the Boston Globe assembled a group of hockey veterans who played in the first Beanpot Tournament in 1952, even before the event had that name. Among them is former Terrier forward Dick Rodenheiser, who scored 54 goals and 37 assists in two varsity seasons. Earning All-American honors in 1952-53, he led BU to the NCAA tournament. A member of the BU Athletics Hall of Fame, he later won a silver medal at the 1956 Olympics and was part of USA's first gold medal team in Squaw Valley, California, in 1960.

Women’s Team

BU begins a home-and-home series with Connecticut tonight.
First up is a 7 p.m. start at Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs. The teams will play
tomorrow at Walter Brown Arena with puck drop set for 3 p.m.The teams last met in November when six
Terrier skaters scored goals as BU recorded a 6-2 win.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Episode
15 of Inside BU Hockey features Bernie Corbett’s interviews with head coach
David Quinn, senior goalie Anthony Moccia, who made his first regular-season
appearance last Saturday, and Dave Goucher, the radio play-by-play voice of
Bruins hockey and a 1993 BU
grad. Moccia is a former captain and MVP at Buckingham Brown & Nichols.
Goucher was recently named Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year.

Wayne, NJ - The Jersey Hitmen is
proud to announce that defenseman, Ori Abramson, has committed to Boston
University for the fall of 2014. An imposing 6'5 figure, Abramson, is a USPHL
all-star and the sixth leading defensive scorer in the league. Known for being
a physical presence and a tremendous skater for his size, Abramson has grown
into a top USPHL all around defender.

"Perseverance its the word that
comes to mind when I think of Ori," commented coach Toby Harris. "Ori
is one of the most strong willed players that has ever donned the Hitmen blue.
Fighting through sickness as a freshman at Providence, deciding to take another
year of junior to get back to hockey east, Abramson transformed his game and
approach and it has truly paid off."Harris continued, "Our staff and locker room is so excited for
Ori's accomplishments and we know he will be a great success at BU. Coach
Quinn, Powers and Greely are getting a warrior in Abramson."excited for
Ori's accomplishments and we know he will be a great success at BU. Coach Quinn,
Powers and Greely are getting a warrior in Abramson."

With four points in last weekend's Hitmen split vs Bay State, Abramson was named USPHL Premier Division Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in January.

Terrier Trivia: Who was the last
member of the Jersey Hitmen to play for BU? Put your answer in comments.

Looking back

Former Terrier assistant captain Brian Strait, now patrolling the Islanders blueline, took timeout from preparing for tonight’s Stadium Series match-up
with the Rangers to visit Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.

Former BU All-American and Hobey Baker finalist Colin Wilson,
recently moved from wing to the center position he played at BU, earned
kudos from Predators coach Barry Trotz for his smooth transition back to
his natural position as Nashville beat host Winnipeg in Wilson’s hometown.

Wheeling’s Sahir Gill
is tied for third among ECHL rookies with 29 points (8g-21a).

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

On Monday, Danny O’Regan, who scored in each of the two games
against Vermont, was named to Hockey East’s weekly top performer’s week. Today,
the second of his two goals, featuring a spin-o-rama and a goal-mouth deke, was
#1 on the NCAA’s Top 5 Plays of the Week. (video)

The Daily Free Press talked with senior goalie Anthony
Moccia, who saw his first-ever
regular-season action in Saturday night’s loss to the Catamounts, surviving
two UVM power plays.

BU Today sat down with first-year coach David Quinn, who
talked about his up-and-down
inaugural season, and asked several Terriers about life with the new guy.Looking back

Another former Terrier turned coach is earning kudos for
success in prep hockey. NHL standout Tony Amonte, now in his fourth year as Thayer’s
head coach, has returned his prep school alma mater to the ranks of New
England’s top preps. The Tigers are third in the latest USHR poll with a 14-2
record, rebounding from last season’s 6-19 record. Amonte score 126 points in two seasons at BU helping the Terriers reach the NCAA Final Four both years (1990 & 1991). He would amass 900 points in 15 NHL season and scored the championship goal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey (video).

This past Saturday, Carpenter scored on a blueline blast to
help the Cougars claw their way back from two goals down to edge #9 Arlington Catholic, 3-2.● ESPN Boston recap● Boston Herald recap

With his hattrick against Benilde St. Margaret’s Saturday,
sophomore Clayton Keller, a 2016 BU recruit, is Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep’s top
scorer with 55 points (25-30). 2016 recruit Chase Phelps, with three points
against BSM, is close behind at 49 (20-29). OverTheBoards.com’s Jasper Kozak observed:

Keller is playing at an insane level. He struggled to be a
consistent impact forward initially (just a 98) at the U18 level but now, he's
starting to take over games. Really smart on the puck and natural scoring
ability.

With his hattrick against Benilde St. Margaret’s Saturday,
sophomore Clayton Keller, a 2016 BU recruit, is Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep’s top
scorer with 55 points (25-30). 2014 recruit Chase Phelps, with three points
against BSM, is close behind at 47. OverTheBoards.com’s Jasper Kozak observed:

Keller is playing at an insane level. He
struggled to be a consistent impact forward initially (just a 98) at the U18
level but now, he's starting to take over games. Really smart on the puck and
natural scoring ability

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Terriers dropped a 6-2 decision to Vermont in the second
game of the weekend series at Agganis Arena, giving the teams a split. After the visitors scored two even-strength
goals in the first period, Danny O’Regan’s
unassisted spin-o-rama goal cut the margin to one. But a shorthanded goal by
UVM’s Chris McCarthy restored the two-goal lead.

A Brady Shaw goal early in the third extended the lead to 4-1
before Kevin Duane (photo)scored his fifth of the season to make it
4-2.Two more Catamount goals late in the period produced the 6-2 final. Senior Anthony Moccia relieved a beleagured Sean Maguire in goal for the final 3:46, making his
first appearance in a regular-season game. He stopped the only shot he faced.

The only other bright spot for the Terriers was 42-22
advantage on faceoffs with Mike Moran and Dillon Lawrence combining to win 21 of 27 draws.

2016 recruit Clayton Keller (left) scored
a hat trick for Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep in its 8-1 rout of Benilde-St.
Margaret’s Saturday afternoon. Midway through the contest, OTB’s Gunnar Olson
tweeted: “A PP goal late in the 2nd by SSM’s Clayton Keller. He has been the
everywhere today. PK, PP, drawing penalties, and 2Gs so far.” The dynamic
forward from Swansea, Ill, has 25 goals in 37 games, second best on the Sabres.
2014 BU recruit Chase Phelps (right) alsoadded a goal, his 19th of the season for
the Sabres.

2014 BU recruit J.J. Piccinich delivered
another power play goal, his USHL-best 12th of the season, but
Youngstown was edged,
3-2, by Chicago. Piccinich has been on a tear of late with 12
goals in the past 17 games and now has 21 to go with 16 assists in 36
games.

Fellow 2014 recruit Jack Eichel assisted
on two goals as the NTDP U18s thumped Muskegon, 7-0.
The right-shot center from North Chelmsford, Mass., has a 22-23-45 line in 28
games.

BU’s newest recruit, defenseman Ori
Abramson (photo), assisted on three Jersey goals—two on the power play and one
shorthanded—as the Hitmen rubbed out Bay State, 8-3.
It was the 6-3, 215 lb. Toronto native’s sixth
multi-point game of the season.

2014 recruit Shane Starrett turned
aside 37 of 39 South Shore Kings’ shots as the Portland Jr. Pirates fell to the
Kings, 3-1,
with an empty-netter. But he avoided giving up any goals to younger brother
Beau, a South Shore wing and a Cornell commit.

Looking back

Kevin Shattenkirk has
certainly made the most of his homecoming visit to New York. The former Terrier
captain and All-American, who scored the game-winner for the Blues against the
Rangers on Thursday, banged home the deciding score in a shootout win over the
Islanders, after adding an assist in regulation.

Former BU blueliner Eric Gryba assisted
on two Ottawa goals, but the Senators were doubled up by Carolina, 6-3.

John Curry, Hockey East’s MVP
and an All-American in 2006-07, turned aside 25 of 26 shots in the Iowa Wild’s 2-1 OT win
against San Antonio. Ryan Whitney assisted
on the Rampage’s only score. Curry improved his 2013-14 AHL record to 4-2-1with
a 1.81 GAA.